“If it please the court, there are about twenty more moon shiners from this congressional district who are anxious to find a bondsmen.
A LITTLE FUN AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, CAPT. BANKHEAD
Moonshiners and Deputies Have Gunfight
LINEVILLE ALABAMA SCENE OF FIERCE BATTLE
Moonshiners of Thorsby Alabama, 1907
Each autumn, the town of Thorsby celebrates its heritage with the Annual Swedish Festival that includes an arts and crafts fair, a pageant, music, car and motorcycle shows and food native to the American South. The town maintains a museum in the old Norwegian Lutheran Church, now called “Helen Jenkins Chapel”. A Scandinavian Cemetery is available for visits any time.
TWO BIG STILLS ARE DESTROYED
Follow our research as we plow through the history of moonshining in Alabama. Interesting findings will be published in the series: “Bama Dew.”
Bama Dew…being a story of Alabama moonshiners, their history, techniques and recipes
Stories about Alabama moonshine, woods whiskey, hooch, moonshine and white lightning.